Handle for bottles and like containers.



No. 896,673. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

B. F. VOGT.

HANDLE FOR BOTTLES AND LIKE CONTAINERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1,1908.

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" @MzfW BENEDICT F. VOGT, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HANDLE For; BOTTLES AND LKE CONTAINERS.

Specification otLetters Ratent. Application filed June 1 1908. Serial No. 435,979.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENEDICT F. VOGT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson andState of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Handles for Bottles andLike Containers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to improvements in handles for bottles and like containers, the construction and advantages of which will be hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the annexed drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the handle; Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of the handle and a portion of the-bottle, showing the handle in lposition upon the bottle; and Fig. 3 a. evation of the upper portion of the side e bottle, the handle being broken away.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient handle for bottles, one which may be readily attached to the bottle and removed therefrom if necessary, the construction being such that the device may be reaiiily secured in place without the use of too s.

thereby affording a ready grip for the hand.

The construction also permits the handle to be swung downward-to one side of the bottle,

whi'oh swinging movement may be utilized when it is desired to pour out the contents of the .bottle.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the neck of the bottle or like container, having the usual outwardly-projecting rim or" collar 2 formed at the upper endth'ereof. The handie pro er is designated by 3, and is mounted upon a ail 4, the arms of which stand in substantial p'arallelismand are rovided with eyes 5 at their lower ends. hese eyes pass into similar eyes 6 formed upon the outer ends of a sup orting bar 7 which, as will be seenupon rei with a semicircular or outwardly-curved section 8 adapted, when the parts are in position,

v to lie close against the neck of the bottle,

beneath the rim or collar 2.

A latch or retaining member 9, comple-' mental in form to section 8, is secured by an eye 10 to the cross or sup orting bar, the-opposits end of the latch being provided with a ook or finger 11 which, when the parts are in position, passes over and embraces the sup With the construction, which will be here erence to 'Fig. 1, is provided porting bar 7 adjacent to the junction of the The parts will preferably be formed of wire which has suflicient temper and strength to prevent the same from. readily bending, but the hook 11 of the latch member 9 may be readily swung over the bar 7 when the parts are to be positioned. The latch will retain this position unless forcibly displaced.

As will be seen upon. reference to Figs. 2 and 3, the finger or hook 11 will be held close against the bottle-neck when the bottle is raised by the handle, and thus displacement of the hook is absolutely prevented.

By making the bar7 extend outwardly from the bottle-neck, the handle3 may be of such length as to permit it to be readily grasped by the hand. a

It is conceivable, of course, that after the latch 11 has been passed over and brought into engagement with the supporting bar 7, it might be closed upon itself and. upon said bar by pincers orany other suitable device.

When the parts are to be positioned upon the bottle, they will preferably assume the locations shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, with the embracing section 8 of the cross bar lowered and the latch member 9 thrown into such osition that the latch hook 11 may be readi y-passed over the supporting bar.

The construction also permits the rotation of the bottle with reference to the handle, which is a point of advantage if. the bottle mouth should become chipped or broken, or be formed with a lip from which the contents of the bottle may be poured.

Having thus described my invention, what I I claim is:

1 In a handle for bottles and like containers, the combination of a cross bar provided at its center with a semicircular section adapted to lie against the neck of the bottle; a latch Wire of semicircular outline secured at one end to the. cross bar and provided with a hook at its opposite end, adapted to engage the cross bar; and a handle secured to the cross bar.

2. In a handle for bottles and like containers, the combination of a supporting bar provided with a semicircular section adapted to lie against one portion of the bottle-neck;

'a retainingb wire semicircular in outline adapted to ar against the opposite portion of the bottle-neck and adapted to be secured,

at its ends to the supporting bar; and a bail secured to the outer ends'of said bar.

3'. In a handle for bottles and like containers, the combination of a cross or supporting bar providedat its center with an outwardly-curved, substantially semicircular section; a latch wire pivoted to the bar adjacent to one end of said curved section and provided with a retaining latch or finger adapted to embrace the bar adjacent to the junction of the curvedsection with the op 0- site end of the bar-{and a bail pivota y" secured to the outer ends of the bar.

. 4; In a handle-for bottles and like containers, the combination of a crossor su porting bar provided with a section su stantially semicircular in form to embrace theneck of the bottlepthe ends of the bar extending outwardly therefrom and being osition; a bail pivotally secure to the e es ormed upon the cross bar; and a ban e- 25' piece carried by the bail.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ENEDICT .F. veer. Witnesses i I. M. CUMMINGS, RUDOLPH T. VoGr; 

